This is the email message I received with this YouTube link:
Subject: Japanese Ingenuity -- Save your plastic ~~~ even styrene
Very interesting.... This is one of the most amazing ... break-throughs in technology I have ever seen!!! Why aren't we doing this now????! A case of Japanese ingenuity and perseverance!
Man invents machine to convert plastic into oil - YouTube
And this is what I wrote back:
Not to sound too cynical, but why aren't we doing a lot of things? For example, in Scandinavia, the bulk of their electricity is produced via wind power. In parts of Canada and South America, mass transit buses operate on natural gas or liquid petroleum, both domestically available, rather than gasoline, made from imported oil. We had the opportunity to develop solar power in the 1980s, but at that time it was squashed.... This simple machine is remarkable, but in our world, at least at the present time, I suspect it's another "if only"....
I am curious what others think of a device like this and the meaning of "recycling" as it relates to it.